Bare metal infrastructure is reshaping cloud computing as major providers like Equinix exit the market while others like Meta, OVHcloud, and Hivelocity expand offerings. Companies are moving up the stack to offer bare metal directly to customers, competing with traditional cloud providers by delivering raw computing power with less abstraction and overhead.
·Equinix officially retires its bare metal service as market dynamics shift
·Meta launches cloud business selling excess compute capacity on bare metal infrastructure
·OVHcloud and Scality build sovereign AI storage stack using bare metal and OPCP
·Colocation providers moving upmarket into bare metal and GPU services to compete with clouds
·Hivelocity targets healthcare sector with HIPAA-compliant bare metal bundles
drawn from SDxCentral, Wabtec Corporation, StorageReview.com, Fierce Network · updated 1d ago